[CapROS-devel] messing with eros/src/base/tests/winsys/*

[John C. <joh...@sb...>]

I've been playing with eros/src/base/tests/winsys/*
doing

make vmware
qemu -boot a -fda BUILD/i486/vmfloppy

in the subdirectories, hoping to get something
to work.  Should this be working, or is something
wrong with what I am doing?

Any hints on what needs to be done to
get graphics working, or should I just dig in
and try to get it to work?  Can someone lay
out the structure and contents of the file
system, so I can figure out where things are?
Whats in the kernel, what's in an app library,
what's a test, and what's a tutorial etc.

I'd love to have checkin rights, but right now,
I am just fumbling around.  I probably won't
need checkin rights for a while.  Plus I'm
just getting the swing of kernel capabilities
in C.  It's been a while since I've programmed
in C, but I figure it's the same as riding a bike.

If no graphics are working, is there a plan
of attack between getting 2D or 3D working
first?  I saw mention in the requirements
that the ATI cards are preferred.  I have
an NVIDIA card, but right now, I am using
qemu (VGA).  The NVIDIA card is on the PCI
bus (my bad), so if AGP is the first target,
I will probably have to buy a new video card
anyway.   What is the current plan for
graphics support, if any?

I think I need to do more reading before
I dig in.  Unfortunately, I learn best by
digging in, which may cause me to miss
important points in the documentation.
So I will probably be posting some
pretty basic questions on list.

John